Greeven / Wei Business Ecosystems in China

Alibaba and Competing Baidu, Tencent, Xiaomi and LeEco
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-80577-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 172 Seiten

‘Business ecosystem’ is a frequently used concept to describe the unique competitive advantages of Google, Microsoft and Intel, and is frequently mentioned in the popular press to explain the success of Chinese pioneers such as Alibaba. This book explores not only the application of a business ecosystem approach in the Chinese context but also deals with the strategic challenges.

The book takes the growth and transformation of Alibaba’s business ecosystem as a focus case to explore the above topics. Alibaba’s ecosystem rapidly developed in less than 20 years and transformed from organic growth to aggressive (M&A) expansion in search of continuous innovation. Moreover, the book compares Alibaba’s business ecosystem with other leading Chinese business ecosystems such as Baidu, Tencent, Xiaomi and LeEco to explore differences and similarities in order to gain a better understanding of the strategic aspects of business ecosystems in general and Alibaba’s transformation and relevant challenges to strategy in particular.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Greeven, Mark J

Wei, Wei

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Rise of business ecosystems in China

1. Introduction

2. Rise of business ecosystems in China

Part 2: Alibaba case

3. Alibaba’s ecosystem transformation

4. Speeding up the growth of Alibaba’s ecosystem: Expanding by acquiring

5. Inside Alibaba’s ecosystem: Disrupting traditional industries

6. Pioneering Internet financial services

7. What’s next? Alibaba’s ecosystem going global

Part 3: Alibaba in comparison to leading Chinese ecosystems

8. Comparison between Alibaba’s ecosystem and other Chinese ecosystems

9. Conclusion: Prospects and challenges of business ecosystems

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Greeven is Associate Professor at the School of Management, Zhejiang University and long term observer of Alibaba with a range of publications on Chinese innovation and Alibaba in particular.

Wei Wei is a former venture capital professional and entrepreneur with over a decade expertise in China’s ecommerce, finance, M&A and ecosystem.